streamcache

Small notes on caching, networking and running a home lab.

Keeping a tiny static site fast

A static page with no JavaScript, served with long cache headers and HTTP/2, is still the fastest thing you can put on the internet. Most of the work is deciding what not to ship.

Notes on TLS session resumption

Session tickets save a round trip for returning visitors. Rotating the ticket keys regularly matters more than the cache size.

BBR on a small VM

On a lossy long-distance path, switching the congestion control from CUBIC to BBR made a bigger difference than any buffer tuning I tried.